kubeadm init error

Hello @chrispokorni,

i have 3 VM and i am trying to initiate a cluster in a master node wit the command "sudo kubeadm init --pod-network-cidr=10.255.0.0/16" but always gives me the same output:

[init] Using Kubernetes version: v1.30.1
[preflight] Running pre-flight checks
error execution phase preflight: [preflight] Some fatal errors occurred:
[ERROR CRI]: container runtime is not running: output: E0608 20:43:47.700011 2580 remote_runtime.go:633] "Status from runtime service failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
time="2024-06-08T20:43:47Z" level=fatal msg="getting status of runtime: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
, error: exit status 1
[preflight] If you know what you are doing, you can make a check non-fatal with --ignore-preflight-errors=...
To see the stack trace of this error execute with --v=5 or higher

i have tried to check all the config files and modules but nothing seems to be working.

I have tried to restart kubelet but it says it is active but with various errors

● kubelet.service - kubelet: The Kubernetes Node Agent
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/kubelet.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d
└─10-kubeadm.conf
Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-06-08 22:13:05 UTC; 1min 33s ago
Docs: https://kubernetes.io/docs/
Main PID: 7377 (kubelet)
Tasks: 10 (limit: 2256)
Memory: 16.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/kubelet.service
└─7377 /usr/bin/kubelet

jun 08 22:14:21 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:21.828859 7377 kubelet.go:2361] "Skipping pod synchronization" err="container runtime status check may not have completed yet"
jun 08 22:14:25 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:25.598875 7377 remote_runtime.go:633] "Status from runtime service failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
jun 08 22:14:25 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:25.599130 7377 kubelet.go:2885] "Container runtime sanity check failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
jun 08 22:14:26 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:26.830953 7377 kubelet.go:2361] "Skipping pod synchronization" err="container runtime status check may not have completed yet"
jun 08 22:14:30 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:30.601134 7377 remote_runtime.go:633] "Status from runtime service failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
jun 08 22:14:30 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:30.601192 7377 kubelet.go:2885] "Container runtime sanity check failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
jun 08 22:14:31 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:31.834838 7377 kubelet.go:2361] "Skipping pod synchronization" err="container runtime status check may not have completed yet"
jun 08 22:14:35 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:35.612249 7377 remote_runtime.go:633] "Status from runtime service failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
jun 08 22:14:35 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:35.614753 7377 kubelet.go:2885] "Container runtime sanity check failed" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = invalid UUID length: 0: unknown"
jun 08 22:14:36 k8scp kubelet[7377]: E0608 22:14:36.847148 7377 kubelet.go:2361] "Skipping pod synchronization" err="container runtime status check may not have completed yet"

Please help i am desperate.